U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will announce the winner of the 2011 Broad Prize on Tuesday, Sept. 20 at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. This is the tenth anniversary of The Broad Prize, established in 2002.

Russlynn Ali, U.S. assistant secretary for Civil Rights, will participate on a panel at an Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Town Hall Meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 20 at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Ali will discuss the changes occurring in educational opportunities, educational...

Several senior officials, including White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, will speak at the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities’ two-day national conference commemorating National Historically Black Colleges and...

Several senior officials, including White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, will speak at the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities’ two-day national conference commemorating National Historically Black Colleges and...

Michael Lach, special assistant for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Education, will participate in the upcoming symposium and exhibition “Smart Schools: Lessons Learned from Schools Successful in STEM” on Monday, Sept. 19, at Drexel University in Philadelphia. He will highlight...

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will give remarks at the launch of StoryCorps' National Teachers Initiative on Monday, Sept. 19 at the White House. The National Teachers Initiative celebrates the brilliant and courageous work of public school teachers across the country. Additional...

Lynnae Ruttledge, commissioner of the U.S. Department of Education's Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA), will deliver the keynote address at the Oregon Association for the Deaf's Northwest Training Forum on employment for people with hearing disabilities Thursday in Portland, Ore.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will deliver remarks at the launch of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation's 4th Annual Digital Media and Learning Competition on Thursday, Sept. 15 at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. Duncan will discuss the...

The U.S. Department of Education will host the opening of two exhibits with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the Department’s Barnard Auditorium at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 14, at 400 Maryland Ave., S.W., in Washington, D.C. The event features nearly 100 two- and three-dimensional visual works...